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An Evening of oral tradition, griot expression, erotic poetry, spoken word artistry and musical magic FEATURING:
Taqralik Partridge Jamaias DaCosta
Whitney French Victoria Grant
DJs DurtyDabz & ShabbyShabz
January 10, 2015 at UNIT 2 10-20 sliding scale NO ONE WILL BE TURNED AWAY FOR LACK OF FUNDS!
Taqralik Partridge is a lyric-addicted, melody-smitten artist with an omnivorous appetite for music and poetry. Originally from Kuujjuaq, Nunavik, and a gifted throat singer, Taqralik brings the haunting cadences and northern sensibility of this inuit form to her spoken word poetry, resulting in a refreshing and fascinating blend of the urban and the tundra.
Jamaias DaCosta is a mixed settler of Kanienkeha:ka, Cree, Irish and French, Jamaican Colombian, African, Portuguese, Sephardic Jew ancestry. She is a mother, a writer, and a lover of radical rhythmic roots resurgence. Jamaias will be releasing her first spoken word recording project, Flint & Fire in early 2015.
I was 17 years old and looked at my son who was about to turn one. I didnt have the financial means to buy him a gift. I couldnt even buy him a birthday cake. I decided to take all the emotions I was feeling and give him the gift of heart-filled words poured out onto paper. I wrote my son a poem.
And so began Victoria Grants poetic journey; developing her writing parallel to her growth from young lady to womanhood. Naturally an introvert and a shy person, Victoria never thought to share her words until fellow poet and friend, Yogi S., invited her to perform at a poetry show. It was the element of performing on stage that lit a spark within her. Since 2008, Victoria has been performing and headlining at various shows and events, mixing the art of story-telling and spoken word poetry to deliver powerful, sensual, thought provoking and soul stirring performances.
Whitney French is a writer based in the Toronto area although she does most of her eating, sleeping and actual writing in her hide-out north of the city. Her writing interests include character-driven fiction, childrens literature, screenwriting, poetry, speculative fiction and essaying. She recently graduated from Concordia University for Creative Writing and Child Psychology and works as a freelance writer.
But if you really want to know what Whitney is like
She loves anime
She ties her shoes sitting down, always
She talks smack on the basketball courts but shes really no good
She has an irrational fear of metal jewelry touching her skin
She hates chocolate
She taught herself how to play the guitar
She writes in trees often
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